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2007

The National Association of Home Builders issued their NATIONAL new detached home numbers for the month of June. As expected the numbers were down 6.6% from the previous month. The inventory of new homes remained the same as the previous month but due to slower sales however the supply of home...

It never seems to fail. The end of the month is packed with closings. The loan officers are scrambling, the settlement companies are swamped and the Realtors® are shuffling contracts to make sure everything is done. But is closing at the end of the month all that important? The answer may depe...

Some architectural historians would like to say that he did. Many of his prairie style homes incorporated a "split" design, however they were far larger than what the average family could afford at the height of his building days. The split level homes that eventually followed did follow two ke...

After 2 years of study the Army today announced that they would not be moving all 22,000 jobs originally slated for Fort Belvoir from Crystal City and Pentagon as part of the BRAC proposal announced in 2005. The impact on the local traffic and roads close to the base in Lorton would have meant ma...

Residents of Old Town Alexandria stare across the Potomac River at the enormous cranes that are building the new 300 acre National Harbor Resort Community and shake their heads. This area, once a tree covered shore, began to take shape as the final section of the Wilson Bridge was completed. No...

Wow I don't know why I didn't think of this. Selling your home is as simple as 1-2-3. At least that is what the Real Estate Journal on-line says. "To sell your home you only need to do three very simple things"•1) Find out the value of your property•2) Market your property•3) Tran...

That was what the newspaper headline of the Journal Messenger said in 1983 when they were writing about my current earth sheltered home listing in Manassas. The current owner of the property is only the second owner of the home and she is fortunate enough to have the original photos of the home ...

Not every community is feeling the pinch of lower prices in the Northern Virginia market. Some neighborhoods closer to town continue to see price increases as buyers realize the value of being closer to DC for work and play. Multiple contracts are still being seen in some communities in Arlingt...

Is real estate market suffering from a self fulfilling prophecy? Have all the "experts" who control the press driven real estate into its current tail spin? Are there any significant reasons why consumer confidence in the housing industry is so low? Let's take a look at a few facts about the No...

When you think of Northern Virginia you most often think of traffic and suburban shopping malls not older neighborhoods that retain a small town charm. I happen to be a fan of our local "small" towns and explore them whenever I can. Located down a winding two lane road past horse farms and a fe...

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